The RPB is forward of the APU firewall (that we are seeing still attached to the tailcone) by several feet. The support structure for the HS and VS is in this area between the firewall and RPB.
structure in question looks like this. If it gets damaged by shockwave or by heavy flowing items hitting it, it should buckle skin areas it is connected to and moving HS and VS into odd positions. Or if cleanly cut off HS and VS should have buckled fuselage skin they were connected to. Which is clearly not the case with VS for sure. Does it sound reasonable?
